Paris St Germain scored two
identical goals to defeat Caen 2-0 and climb to third in Ligue 1
on Saturday.

Stade Rennes and Toulouse are fifth and sixth respectively
on 38 points, one behind PSG, after sharing a 0-0 draw.

PSG went ahead when Caen's under-pressure keeper Victor
Plante palmed a shot straight into the path of Guillaume Hoarau
in the 49th minute.

Plante then did exactly the same to allow Peguy Luyindula to
grab the second goal for the home team in the 58th.

"It was a well-controlled game. We had a lot of
opportunities. We missed some of them but it's a good sign for
the future," said PSG coach Paul Le Guen.

"We are still in the chasing group. I hope we shall not be
content with that."

Fourth-placed Olympique Marseille, also one point adrift of
PSG, visit Sochaux on Sunday, the same day as leaders Olympique
Lyon host St Etienne and second-placed Girondins Bordeaux
entertain seventh-placed Lille.

Lyon against St Etienne is the closest thing to a derby in
the French championship, with the two towns only 50-km apart.